Rubber roof membranes are often used on flat or low slope buildings including mobile homes or on unusually shaped roofs such as on a dome.
Residential rubber roof.
To get a quality rubber roof installed it usually has to be done by a commercial roofing company that specializes in flat roofing.
Rubber roofing is likely to cost about 300 or 400 per square while asphalt shingles are usually less than 100 per square.
The national roofing contractors association provides an overview.
So all you need to be able to say to your roof contractor is you want an epdm rubber roof.
Of all these membrane types epdm synthetic rubber is the most common single ply membrane roof material in both residential and commercial use.
A rubber roof known in the roofing business as an epdm ethylene propylene diene terpolymer roof has a lot of advantages and only a few disadvantages one of the big advantages to rubber is the cost although a homeowner must use a licensed installer to lay down this roof the cost of the entire job still favorably compares to the cost for other types of roofing.
Most residential rubber roofs are made of single ply epdm synthetic rubber ethylene propylene diene monomer.
To keep water from pooling at these inside corners tom rips 2x4s lengthwise on a 45 degree bevel with a table saw.
Contractors lack of knowledge and lack of training.
On two sides the roof abuts a parapet a short wall common around flat roofs as well as a wall for the third floor.